Friday, March 29, 2019

In this week's episode David, John and Kyle discuss the announcements from the Apple Event specifically Apple TV Channels and Apple TV+ (1:45). We also review (with spoilers) Jordan Peele’s latest movie Us (17:25). Finally, we discuss the second half of Arrested Development’s fifth (and possibly final) season (36:15).

Thursday, March 28, 2019

It is March and that only means one thing: March Madness! Inspired by a debate on the podcast we wanted to try and figure out which year had the strongest best picture nominees!

Every week we will have the best picture nominees of each year face up against each other until only one year remains! Some years have a stronger crop of nominees than others and it is time to finally decide which year The Academy had the “best” best picture contenders.

Voting will end on Tuesday, April 2nd and the winner we be revealed LIVE during our Twitch stream at 8 PM ET that night!

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

In this week's episode David, John and Kyle discuss the runtimes for the last episodes of Game of Thrones (2:10) and how tight security is for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings writers’ room (5:15). We also discuss Netflix’s new interactive series starring survival expert Bear Grylls (9:10) and two new Hulu ads including “pause-vertising” (14:30). Finally, we review the series premieres of Hulu’s Shrill (23:35) and Netflix’s Turn Up Charlie (31:50).

It is March and that only means one thing: March Madness! Inspired by a debate on the podcast we wanted to try and figure out which year had the strongest best picture nominees!

Every week we will have the best picture nominees of each year face up against each other until only one year remains! Some years have a stronger crop of nominees than others and it is time to finally decide which year The Academy had the “best” best picture contenders.

Voting for each round will close on Wednesday night and the next round of match-ups will begin on Thursdays. Keep an eye on the blog, our Twitter feed and each episode’s show notes for the voting link!

Friday, March 15, 2019

In this week's episode David and Kyle discuss Internet trolls leaving negative reviews for Captain Marvel and what Rotten Tomatoes is going to do to stop it (2:05). We also discuss why Steven Spielberg is against streaming movies being up for Oscars (13:30). Next we review the series premiere of HBO’s documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed (22:25). Finally, we discuss the results of round one of our March Madness best picture nominee bracket (33:50).

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

It is March and that only means one thing: March Madness! Inspired by a debate on the podcast we wanted to try and figure out which year had the strongest best picture nominees!

Every week we will have the best picture nominees of each year face up against each other until only one year remains! Some years have a stronger crop of nominees than others and it is time to finally decide which year The Academy had the “best” best picture contenders.

Voting for each round will close on Wednesday night and the next round of match-ups will begin on Thursdays. Keep an eye on the blog, our Twitter feed and each episode’s show notes for the voting link!

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

It is March and that only means one thing: March Madness! Inspired by a debate on the podcast we wanted to try and figure out which year had the strongest best picture nominees!

Every week we will have the best picture nominees of each year face up against each other until only one year remains! Some years have a stronger crop of nominees than others and it is time to finally decide which year The Academy had the “best” best picture contenders.

Voting for each round will close on Wednesday night and the next round of match-ups will begin on Thursdays. Keep an eye on the blog, our Twitter feed and each episode’s show notes for the voting link!

Sunday, March 3, 2019

In this week's episode David, John and Kyle discuss everything from the 91st Academy Awards including how Green Book won best picture and how Spike Lee was not happy about it (1:40). We also hypothesize why Roma lost the big award (16:20) and discuss if the ceremony worked without a host (21:00). Finally, we discuss the results of our annual prediction bet against The Boyle & Rojas Podcast (34:25).